Display holder



April 14, 1931. L TONER 1,801,027

DISPLAY HOLDER Filed March 20, 1929 bar/ad tor Z'IMJ'ZLFIZGI' EV z,

Patented Apr. 14, 1931 UNITED STATES ERNEST L. TONER, OI" RQCKLAND,MAINE DISPLAY HOLDER Application filed March 20,1929. Serial Roi348,575.

My present invention relates to display apparatus and for the purpose ofmy present disclosure I will discuss it with particular reference toeducational displays as that field represents one of immediateimportance and highly illustrative value.

Taking as an illustration the display of educational cards such as theletter cards used in the teaching of reading it will be noted that inpractice it is of great importance that these cards be set up at someconvenient point 011 the general eye level of the small child. Inpractice it has been customary to put such cards on the chalk rail of ablackboard or like rail or moulding, and

while this has been very satisfactory as a matter of location, the easydisplacement of the cards has been a matter of constant a11- noyance.

My invention contemplates apparatus which will make this practiceconvenient and successful and at the same time afford general facilitiesfor the display of all sorts of maps, pictures and other paper exhibitssuch as are commonly used in schools.

As illustrative of my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawingequipment well adapted to meet average needs and adaptable toconsiderable variety in the matter of size and arrangement of suchexhibits.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 illustrates a characteristic school roomdisplay.

Fig. 2 shows a section of display rail with appliances.

Fig. 3 a sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 a detail of the spring clipmember. Fig. 5 a side view of a modified form of clip, and

Fig. 6 a side view of a modified form of my deformable rail attachingmember.

My invention is readily attached to a guard or chalk rail R of ablackboard B- which in practice is of considerable length and suchlengths are preferably set up in more or less continuous arrangementacross convenient wall space opposite the students seats. To this rail Icause to be aflixed a channel member 1 having overturned edge portions2with a slot 3leftbetween the edge portions.

The channel member 1 may be apertured for direct attachment by screws asat 5 but such attachment is rarely convenient as the channel memberunder most circumstances is more conveniently attached to the chalk railor chair rail or other moulding at the desired level. As conditions varyconsiderably as to type and dimension, my invention 001ltBIl1- plates ameans of attachment permissive of a wide range of adjustment andadaptability.

To meet the varying conditions I provide a deformable attaching member6, as for example, a bendable strip of metal having a convenientattaching means as a screW hole 7. 4.) This strip may be'constructed 'ofmaterial light enough to-be bent to any desired position so that it maybe attached vertically on the face of the'rail or bent horizontally toengagewithv the top or bottom of the rail or in any interl'nedlateposition. 011 such a strip I provide channel member engaging meansadjustable to meet any requirement of length orposition. As shown inFig; 4 this may be a memberS slidably engageable with the interior ofthe channel member groove and retained by'the overhanging edges 2 or asshown in Fig. 6 the.

member 6' maybe bent u on itself to pro v1de a channehengaging ange 8"which is slidable therein. p I

The member 1 is preferablyapertured as at 9 to permit theremoval orinsertion of the a clips'C or G. Preferably these apertures' areadjacentthe ends of the strip and the supporting members 8 are providedin lengths sufficiently greater than the length of the aperture so thatthey and at the same time closetheaperture.

My spring clipsC may be provided with guide blocks l0 which slide in theslot" 3 as shown in Figs. 2 and 8,01 the metal from will support therail which the clip itselfis made maybe of'a length great enough topermit it to beb'ent upon itself'tofo'rm a channel engaging guide orflange 10. 3 5.) Wheiritisdesired to remove or insert clip members thememher 8 may bejshifted.laterallyin the slot- 3.v so as to" expose themil aperture *through' which the guide block or flange 10 of the springclip may be passed. If the member 6 is'fixed by a screw 7 as shown inFigs. 2, 3, 4 and 5, this screw may readily be removed to fix the member8 to be'removed right or left so that the guide block 10 of the clip Cmay enter through the aperture 9.

With such simple apparatus I am able to equip the ordinary school roomor other location where such equipment is required so as to provide forany-display that maybe wished regardless of the size of the cards or andbored to permit the'passage of rail engaging means, and a display membercomprising a guide block adapted to pass through said aperture andslidable in said channel and display holding means carried by said guideblock. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

other objects which are to be supported and 1 I regardless of the spaceor other arrangement required. When not inuse the'clips may be removedif desired or merely shifted later- 7 l he rail may be variouslydesigned and f the engaging members correspondingly designed tocooperate therewith. Obviously the engagement indicated is found to be 7.highly desirable.

' What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. In combination with a railing, display apparatus comprising a guidehavlng a channel, said guide having an aperture, means for V attachingsaid guide to said railing comprising a member adapted to enter saidchannel through said aperture and slidable in said channel, saidmember-having a deformable member bored to permit the passage of railengaging means,

2. In combination with/a railing, display apparatus comprising a guidehaving'a channel, means for 'afiixing said guide to said railingcomprising a memberslidable in'said channel and having a deformablemember,

bored to permit the passageof rail engaging means. p v v v V 3. Incombinatlonwith a'raihng, display apparatus comprising a gulde having achan nel, said guide having an aperture, means foraflixing said guide tosaid railing comprisingfla member slidable in said channel, and having adeformable member bored to permit the passage of "rail engaging meansand a display holder adapted to enter said i channel therein. A v, r 4.Display apparatus comprising a guide having a channel, said guide havingan aperture, means for aflixing said guide to a rail-' ing comprising amember slidable'in said Y o .q;

'channel and-having a deformable'member T v 1 I through said apertureand slidable

